[bars] Blustery Bands

[Tim - K1DC]

Good thinking to lower your antenna!  Mine would require a tromp through 
the woods to get to the raising rope.  Honestly, I missed the forecast 
of the high winds.

I use 4in 'clothesline' pulleys from the 'home improvement' store.  One 
at each end and one at the feed point.  I end up with two ropes at each 
location but the pulley rarely comes down - mostly only if the rope 
supporting the wire jumps the pulley.  I'm sure at some point the UV 
will break down the plastic pulley but they are soooooo much cheaper 
than the stainless ones that I can afford to replace them a few times 
and still be ahead.

T.

On 12/30/2025 9:49, David Marcucci wrote:
> No thuds here, luckily, but I did lower my wire antenna last night. 
> When I went to pull it back up this morning, its "pully" was frozen. 
> The pully is a rope around a tree branch, so I hope it thaws or comes 
> loose because I don't want to be outside today.
>
> 73,
> Dave KC1TLF
>
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM Tim - K1DC via bars <bars at w1hh.org> wrote:
>
>     The winds at my QTH (Andover MA) were CRAZY last night!  I heard a
>     few 'thuds' overnight as various trees/tree parts hit the ground
>     around me.  I thought for sure I had lost my 6/432 mast but that
>     crazy Frankenstein contraption held!   The shrapnel managed to
>     miss my only remaining wire antenna, a 80/60/30 fan dipole. I had
>     lost most everything else with my 'Christmas Tree' surprise
>     earlier in the month.  It seems I dodged a very fast bullet.
>
>     I hope everyone was as lucky as me!
>
>     73 & Happy New Year!
>
>     Tim/K1DC
>
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